List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg

This is a list of the princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.Johann Heinrich Fritsch: Geschichte des vormaligen Reichsstifts Quedlinburg pt 2, 1828, pp. 26–28 (online version)Gottfried Christian Voigt: Geschichte des Stifts Quedlinburg: Mit Kupfern, Band 3, 1791 (online version)Hermann Lorenz: Quedlinburgische Geschichte. Band 1: Werdegang von Stift und Stadt Quedlinburg. Magistrat der Stadt, Quedlinburg 1922 No. Name Image Reign Notes House1Matilda955 - 7 February 999966–999Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide of Italy; granddaughter of Saint Matilda, founder of the abbey.Ottonian dynasty2Adelaide I977- 14 January 1044 999–1044Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theophanu.3Beatrice I1037- 13 July 10611044–1061Daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, Gunhilda of Denmark.Salian dynasty4Adelaide II1045 - 11 January 10961062–1096Half-sister of Beatrice I and daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his second wife, Agnes of Poitou.5Eilica1080 - 1142 (?)1096–1110The only surviving traces of Eilica are coins found in Sweden.6Agnes I1088- 1125/61110–1125/6Niece of Beatrice I and Adelaide II and daughter of Vladislaus I Herman, Duke of Poland, and Judith of Swabia.Piast dynasty7Gerbergadied 12 July 11371126–1137Sister of Counts Gottfried and Otto von Cappenberg.House of Cappenberg8.Beatrice II1123- 2 April 11601137–1160Daughter of Herrmann I, Count of Winzenburg, and Hedwig of Wöltingerode.House of Formbach9Meregart1160–116110Adelaide IIIdied 1 May 11841161–1184Daughter of Frederick VI, Count Palatine of Saxony, and Lutgard of Salzwedel.House of Sommerschenburg11Agnes II19 June 1145 - 22 January 12031184–1203Daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, and Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein.House of Wettin12Sophia I1182 - 9 June 12261203–1226Niece of Agnes II and daughter of Frederick I of Brehna and Hedwig of Böhmen-Jamnitz.13Bertradis I1221-12291226–1230Daughter of Dedo II, Lord of Krosigk, and Adelaide of Harbke.House of Krosigk14Cunigunde1222-12311230–1231Sister of Bishop Meinard von KranichfeldHouse of Kranichfeld15Osterlindedied 12331231–1233House of Falkenstein16Gertrudedied 11 October 12701233–1270Daughter of Werner von Ampfurth.House of Ampfurth17Bertradis II1270-13 October 13081270–130818Jutta1285- 5 November 13471308–1347Daughter of Volrad VIII, Count of Kranichfeld.House of Schwarzburg19Luitgard1336-17 December 13531347–1353Daughter of Louis, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode.House of Stolberg20Agnes IIIdied 9 October 13641354–1362Daughter of Lappo von Schraplau.House of Schraplau21Elisabeth Idied 13751362–1375House of Hakeborn22Margaret1355- 13/14 December 13791376–1379Sister of Agnes III and daughter Lappo von Schraplau.House of Schraplau23Irmgard1356-20/22 August 14051379–1405Daughter of Albert I, Burgrave of Kirchberg and Elisabeth of Orlamünde.House of Kirchberg24Adelaide IV1376-†15 March 14411405–1435Daughter of Henry II, Lord of Isenburg, and Countess Adelaide of Hanau.House of Isenburg25Anna I1416-14 January 1458 Quedlinburg1435–1458Daughter of Heinrich IX von Reuss, Lord of Plauen and Königswarth, and Countess Anna of Riesenburg.House of Reuss26Hedwig31 October 1445 – 13 June 15111458–1511Daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria and niece of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.House of Wettin27Magdalene1491- 2 October 15151511–1515Daughter of Albert IV of Anhalt and Elisabeth of Mansfeld. House of Ascania28Anna II28 January 1504 - 4 March 1574 1515–1574The last Catholic abbess and the first Lutheran abbess. Daughter of Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, and Anna von Eppenstein.House of Stolberg29Elisabeth II1542- 20 July 15841574–1584Daughter of Count Ulrich of Regenstein-Blankenburg and Magdalena of Stolberg.House of Regenstein30Anna III3 April 1565 – 12 May 16011584–1601Daughter of Count Henry of Stolberg and Elisabeth von Gleichen.House of Stolberg31Maria7 October 1571- 7 March 16101601–1610Daughter of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Countess Dorothea Susanna of the Palatinate.House of Wettin32Dorothea7 January 1591 – 17 November 16171610–1617Daughter of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg.33Dorothea Sophia19 December 1587 - 10 February 16451617–1645Daughter of Frederick William I and Sophie of Württemberg.34Anna Sophia I2 April 1619 1. September 1680 1645–1680Daughter of George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Countess Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde.House of Wittelsbach35Anna Sophia II17 December 1638 – 13 December 16831681–1683Daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony.House of Hesse-Darmstadt36Anna Dorothea12 November 1657 - 24 June 17041684–1704Daughter of John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Duchess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.House of Wettin37Marie Elisabeth21 March 1678 - 17 July 1755 1718–1755Daughter of Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark.House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp38Anna Amalia9 November 1723 – 30 March 17871756–1787Daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.House of Hohenzollern39Sophia Albertina8 October 1753 - 17 March 18291787–1803Niece of Anna Amalia and daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

References

Further reading Klaus Gereon Beuckers: "Kaiserliche Äbtissinnen. Bemerkungen zur familiären Positionierung der ottonischen Äbtissinnen in Quedlinburg, Gandersheim und Essen", in: Thomas Schilp (ed.): Frauen bauen Europa. Internationale Verflechtungen des Frauenstifts Essen. Klartext Verlag, Essen 2011, pp. 65–88. Winfrid Glocker: Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik. Köln–Wien 1989. Marita Kremer: Die Personal- und Amtsdaten der Äbtissinnen des Stifts Quedlinburg bis zum Jahre 1574. Leipzig 1924. (= Phil. Diss. Univ. Leipzig 1924) Ute Küppers-Braun: "Kanonissin, Dechantin, Pröpstin und Äbtissin – Quedlinburger Stiftsdamen nach der Reformation", in: Kayserlich – frey – weltlich. Das Reichsstift Quedlinburg im Spätmittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit, ed. Clemens Bley and Werner Freitag. Halle (Saale) 2009, pp. 30–104. Manfred Mehl: Die Münzen des Stiftes Quedlinburg. Hamburg 2006, pp. 138–176. Christa Rienäcker: Quedlinburg in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Quedlinburg 1989, pp. 25–27. Thomas Vogtherr: "Die salischen Äbtissinnen des Reichsstifts Quedlinburg", in: Von sacerdotium und regnum. Köln 2002, pp. 405–420. Ludwig Weiland: "Chronologie der älteren Äbtissinnen von Quedlinburg und Gandersheim", in: Zeitschrift des Harzvereins für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 8 (1875), pp. 474–489. Max Wilberg: Regententabellen-Eine Zusammenstellung der Herrscher von Ländern aller Erdteile bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt/Oder 1906 [reprinted Berlin 1987] Christian Marlow: Die Quedlinburger Äbtissinnen im Hochmittelalter. Das Stift Quedlinburg in Zeiten der Krisen und des Wandels bis 1137, Magdeburg 2017 Teresa Schöder-Stapper: Fürstäbtissinnen, Frühneuzeitliche Stiftsherrschaften zwischen Verwandtschaft, Lokalgewalten und Reichsverband. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar Wien, 2015.